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Mclean, Wilson gunn for Cape Epic master's title

They’re over 40 but by no means over the hill. In fact, they’re some of the fittest athletes in the world! A total of 138 teams will compete in the Master’s category at the 2009 Absa Cape Epic which in all likelihood, will have a higher percentage of finishers than any of the other categories. You see, these guys aren’t professional mountain bike racers, but they’ve endured enough life stuff to know what they want and how get it. Gone are they days when they made foolish errors and paid for…     Readmore

DCM Chrome MTb Team fully loaded for 2009

There’s a new force in South African mountain biking in the form of the 10-rider strong DCM Chrome team, which has been gathering momentum over the past few months but which is now officially complete. The 10 riders on the team are mostly up-and-coming young stars and the team’s owner, mining executive Ian van der Walt, CEO of DCM Chrome, an international chrome and manganese mining business, has gone to great lengths and expense to ensure each rider wants for nothing.     Readmore

Mclean, Wilson give father time a hard time

Most guys hit their 40s and begin to slow down, content to put their feet up and remember the good old days when they were fast and strong and, well, young. But Andrew McLean and Shan Wilson aren’t like most guys, and gave Father Time a hard time when they finished an impressive seventh overall at the Subaru Sani2C 280km mountain bike race in KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend.     Readmore

Nolan gives Neotel another big win

Ace sprinter Nolan Hoffman secured a second major win in successive weekends for Team Neotel when he won The Herald VW Cycle Tour in Port Elizabeth on Sunday.

Hoffman, the 2006 winner, outpaced the strongest field ever assembled at the popular 105km race, which is the first of 13 events in the…     Readmore

Teenager topples two of cycling's Big Guns

Nineteen-year-old Reinardt Janse van Rensburg gave his teen years a memorable send-off on Saturday when he outsprinted two of South African cycling’s biggest stars to win the Berge en Dale Super Classic in Krugersdorp.

Janse van Rensburg, who rides for the Toyota Supercycling Academy team, won the 97km race ahead of Team Barloworld’s Daryl…     Readmore

Stander and Mr. Price sticking together

Burry Stander, South Africa’s most successful cross-country mountain bike racer ever, may have changed teams for 2009, but there’s one sponsor logo on his kit that remains unchanged – Mr Price.

Mr Price, the South African clothing, sport and home retail store giant has extended its support of Stander who departed from Team GT at the end of 2008 to join Team Specialized from 2009. When racing in his home country, Stander will race under the banner of Mr Price – Specialized.     Readmore

Cycling's big guns loaded for Port Elizabeth showdown

The country’s top professionals will gather in Port Elizabeth this weekend to contest the Eastern Cape’s biggest cycling event, The Herald VW Cycle Tour, where the battle for supremacy promises to be intense.

The 105km road race is the first of 13 events in the prestigious new Alpha Pharm Seeding Series, which incorporates most of the country’s highest profile cycling events. Last year’s event attracted only a handful of professionals from outside the Eastern Cape, but the entry list for this year’s edition reads like a who’s who…     Readmore

Miway gets down & dirty with cyclists and runners

MiWay, the direct, online financial services provider, has confirmed its sponsorship of a new mountain biking and trail running event – The Dirt Festival Series, organised by Bicycling and Runner’s World magazines.

The four-event series will kick off on Sunday, 1 February at Northern Farm, just outside Johannesburg, followed later this year by events in August, September and October in Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town.     Readmore

Burger starts year with confidence-boosting win

Lynette Burger (DCM Chrome Toyota) gave a glimpse of her superb mid-summer form when she sprinted to victory at the Rio Casino City of Matlosana road cycling race in Klerksdorp on Sunday.

The 27-year-old Central Gauteng road race champion was impressive on her way to her first win of the year, clocking a quick 2 hours and 17 minutes for the rolling 100km race, which took place in hot, breezy conditions.     Readmore

Pick n Pay 94.7 MTB Challenge hits record high

With a whopping 4000 riders entered into the Pick n Pay 94.7 Mountain Bike Challenge presented by Energade, which takes place on 15 November, the event now boasts the proud status of being the largest mountainbike race in South Africa.

And it’s little wonder. Backed up, of course, by a huge marketing campaign, the event was set to sky-rocket in numbers this year alongside the wonderful growth experienced in the sport of mountain-biking.     Readmore

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